Can SOE fail any more?

I mean seriously, how many MMO's have they cancelled/destroyed already? They need to just stop being involved in video games and go back to making CD players LOL.

Just a rant/discussion about how SOE fails; no trolling intended; I just feel like someone should tell them to stop trying so hard.

Take a free lesson from Trion: You CAN balance 32 classes, next time don't take the easy way out and put in some effort.

Originally posted by Nineven

 

Can SOE fail any more?

I mean seriously, how many MMO's have they cancelled/destroyed already? They need to just stop being involved in video games and go back to making CD players LOL.

Just a rant/discussion about how SOE fails; no trolling intended; I just feel like someone should tell them to stop trying so hard.

Take a free lesson from Trion: You CAN balance 32 classes, next time don't take the easy way out and put in some effort.

The lesson from Trion is that WOW is old and the market is ripe for any AAA title to come in and get players, lots of players.

The second lesson from Trion, that I predict we will learn in the coming months, is that a lackluster linear quest grind ain't going to keep folks.

Hopefully, Sony is watching the market and will come out with an open world EQ3 (EQ Next) and keep the quests in check.

Well I'm sure you will get some argument over the Trion balancing 32 classes part of your post. On the rest of the post though I only have 2 questions to ask you...

1, Did you really think that if the Agency did come out that it would even be worth playing?

2, Does the incompetence level of SOE really suprise you?

Originally posted by Nineven

 

Can SOE fail any more?

I mean seriously, how many MMO's have they cancelled/destroyed already? They need to just stop being involved in video games and go back to making CD players LOL.

Just a rant/discussion about how SOE fails; no trolling intended; I just feel like someone should tell them to stop trying so hard.

Take a free lesson from Trion: You CAN balance 32 classes, next time don't take the easy way out and put in some effort.

We've yet to see them balance 32 class's, especially since in that game, some are heavily overpowered than others.

Besides, SWG changed 6 years ago. GET OVER IT.

I didnt knew any person either online or Irl, who was hyped for 'The Agency' anyway

SOE should gogo and focus on other things than new mmos though, how about giving what they promised for DCUO?

they should just drop the SOE division and move all the employees to SCE division.

Originally posted by bobbyjr

 Besides, SWG changed 6 years ago. GET OVER IT.

Right, because aside from the one mistake SOE 6 years ago, SOE has been a company filled with success stories.   If people could get over that one isolated mistake, they would see that SOE has an untarnished reputation for quality games and customer satisfaction.

EDIT: Yes, using sarcasm to make a point. 

Originally posted by Daffid011

Originally posted by bobbyjr

 Besides, SWG changed 6 years ago. GET OVER IT.

Right, because aside from the one mistake SOE 6 years ago, SOE has been a company filled with success stories.   If people could get over that one isolated mistake, they would see that SOE has an untarnished reputation for quality games and customer satisfaction. 

 Ummm, was that sarchasm Daffid? It's very hard to tell since I can't hear the tone of your voice hehe.

I wasn't mentioning SWG because I'm not over it; I was mentioning it because Sony doesn't innovate...in anything they do. That's why their games continue to be total crap.

The only thing they have going for them is Everquest.

And no, I didn't think The Agency was going to be any better than a pile of shit. Complete waste of money, you can take the entire game concept of The Agency and simply implement it as a game system into an already published game. If you're going to make a modern setting type of game, give it a little substance man.

You would think by this time, someone would've pulled SOE out of the MMO market because their projects keep failing. But why would anyone there be smart enough to do that? Lol...

Originally posted by Nineven

 

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Take a free lesson from Trion: You CAN balance 32 classes, next time don't take the easy way out and put in some effort.

rofl yeah we'll see how that turns out after more than a month or two has passed.

We'll see.

Originally posted by Nineven

  Sony doesn't innovate...in anything they do. That's why their games continue to be total crap.

The only thing they have going for them is Everquest.

I know SOE has issues but they have occasional sparks

example:  the appearance slot in EQ2 -- I believe they were the 1st mmo to do this

to show gear for how you want to look  and still wear the gear you need for adventuring

Turbine liked this new feature enough to add it to LOTRO later

SOE has been lumped into the Cryptic group with the failure of DCUO.  Sorry.  I won't be purchasing ANY game from them anymore.  Plus they shut down my Pirates TCG.  Oh wells.

Edit:  1 innovation, does not a company make.  

Man, they didn't cancel it, they rechanelled stuff to their other important franchises.

The teams have been moved to work on EverQuest 3D, Everquest in Space, Robot Unicorn EverQuest , My Little Pony's First EverQuest, The EverQuest Cooking Show and other popular and overly hyped soon to be released games.

How can you blame them for focusing on one really dull and clichéd setting? I mean, it's not like they've got a spiritual successor to EverQuest already sitting on their Station Pass.

SOE has a long track record of being worthless...

The market is ripe for an everquest sandbox..

Lets do it sony..

Wasn't there some facebook game SOE released a couple years ago to coincide with "The Agency"?

Found it: http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/05/04/soe-unveils-the-agency-facebook-game-announces-the-agency-will/

Originally posted by Nadia

Originally posted by Nineven

  Sony doesn't innovate...in anything they do. That's why their games continue to be total crap.

The only thing they have going for them is Everquest.

I know SOE has issues but they have occasional sparks

 

example:  the appearance slot in EQ2 -- I believe they were the 1st mmo to do this

to show gear for how you want to look  and still wear the gear you need for adventuring

 

Turbine liked this new feature enough to add it to LOTRO later

Yup, the appearence slot was a good idea. Sony is going to focus on EQ3 it appears. I hope that they make EQ3 a good game, but we shall see. 

Originally posted by ReallyNow10

Originally posted by Nineven

 

Can SOE fail any more?

I mean seriously, how many MMO's have they cancelled/destroyed already? They need to just stop being involved in video games and go back to making CD players LOL.

Just a rant/discussion about how SOE fails; no trolling intended; I just feel like someone should tell them to stop trying so hard.

Take a free lesson from Trion: You CAN balance 32 classes, next time don't take the easy way out and put in some effort.

The lesson from Trion is that WOW is old and the market is ripe for any AAA title to come in and get players, lots of players.

The second lesson from Trion, that I predict we will learn in the coming months, is that a lackluster linear quest grind ain't going to keep folks.

Hopefully, Sony is watching the market and will come out with an open world EQ3 (EQ Next) and keep the quests in check.

Lots of games have already proven the first and second lesson.

You are expecting way to much out of SOE. We should all know by now they have no clue what gamers want. And if they happen to stumble upon it by accident they will fubar it.

Originally posted by ArEf

Man, they didn't cancel it, they rechanelled stuff to their other important franchises.

The teams have been moved to work on EverQuest 3D, Everquest in Space, Robot Unicorn EverQuest , My Little Pony's First EverQuest, The EverQuest Cooking Show and other popular and overly hyped soon to be released games.

How can you blame them for focusing on one really dull and clichéd setting? I mean, it's not like they've got a spiritual successor to EverQuest already sitting on their Station Pass.

LOL! That was amusing ahaha!

The only thing I like from SOE right now is the SWG trading card game. It's actually really fun, but unless you spend money, you don't get the cards. I got so quickly addicted, I dropped about $400 on cards the first week I played it LOL.

SOE is like that guy who has a bunch of money and buys things for everyone around him; but they don't ever want to hang out with him.

I honestly don't know what Sony is thinking.  Somehow they manage to hang in there, but they are horrible at making and managing MMO's.

How many times in the last 10 years have you heard this: "Oh man, I can't wait to play this new MMO coming out...oh, wait...SOE just took over publishing rights.  I wouldn't touch this game with YOUR hard drive...."